Advanced Public Health Practitioner

The Public Health Department is a progressive multi-disciplinary department committed to improving health and tackling inequalities in West Sussex. The Department’s key role is to “protect and improve lifelong health and wellbeing of everyone in West Sussex, by commissioning evidence-based services and empowering people to make healthier choices."

The Living and Working Well Team lead and deliver the following key areas:

• Healthy Weight
• Tobacco Control
• Integrated prevention services
• Workplace health
• NHS Health Checks
• Physical Activity
• Supporting behaviour change and Making Every Contact Count

Salary: £43,516 - £46,549 per annum
Working Pattern: Full-time (37hours)
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: County Hall, Chichester

The role of Advanced Public Health Practitioner will support the prevention / promotion agenda within the Living and Working Well Team in being at the forefront of key strategies and programmes that impact on the health and wellbeing of the population whilst contributing to the planning and implementation of health improvement initiatives that impact on health and wellbeing.

As a Public Health Practitioner (Advanced) you’ll be the lead specialist for your own health improvement area(s) and will support the Public Health Lead to identify the priorities for health improvement programmes across a range of organisations and community groups, developing long-term plans for health improvement. Some of your work could include:

• promoting the involvement of the public in the development and evaluation of your public health improvement activities
• evaluating the effectiveness of your activities by undertaking detailed public health audits and public surveys, and analysing the results
• using evidence to provide highly specialised advice to organisations and communities
• planning, developing and monitoring specialist services (such as smoking cessation, workplace health, weight management)
• communicating important public health messages and marketing their service to relevant groups and communities
• working closely with other agencies to achieve their aims
• monitoring and evaluating the impact and outcomes of health improvement programmes and initiatives

You may be expected to manage a budget, and will be involved in staff recruitment and management.

You’ll need to demonstrate a sound understanding of local government and partnership working.

You will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to confidently write for different audiences and purposes. You will be able to influence and persuade a wide range of stakeholders.

You will thrive on working on your own initiative, whilst working within broad practice, using your discretion to develop and determine the overall services provided to the customer and assist with creation and implementation of necessary policies and procedures linked to the service.

Key Skills:

Qualifications and/or experience:

• Master’s degree or equivalent post graduate qualification in Public Health or related subject or experience, demonstrating that level of applied public health technical knowledge in researching, analysing and evaluating arguments and information.
• UKPHR Registered Practitioner - Desirable
• Experience of working within a Public Health, Healthcare or other relevant setting.
• Experience of working and leading programmes within a multi-agency environment and developing and delivering business improvements, preferably within a performance management framework.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering or co-ordinating a quality customer focused service to others.

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

The reference number for this role is CAFHE04221 .

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Holly Yandall at Holly.Yandall@westsussex.gov.uk or Rebecca Howells Rebecca.Howells@westsussex.gov.uk For issues or queries regarding your application please contact hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk.

To apply, please follow the links below upload your CV and complete the application explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

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